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Here is the reason I posted this question: (URL) have created set 8844 in LDraw... :-) "Jaco van der Molen" <jmolen@zonnet.nl> schreef in bericht news:J32CEH.3Bp@lugnet.com... (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic)
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"Nathan Bell" <Radarbell@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:J34LtM.ILK@lugnet.com... (...) the overhead view. Thanks for posting. Bob (18 years ago, 29-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic)
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Wow! This MOC is a perfect combination of model team and Technic. It looks like a design TLC should make into a kit. (URL) (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes, I even noticed this difference when I built this model back in the 1980's! Fredrik (18 years ago, 27-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi all, Has anyone noticed this before? Judging this picture (URL) and this one (URL) the model photographed is different from the final model in the building instructions. Can you spot them? (I did :-) Jaco (18 years ago, 27-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic)
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I'm planning on bringing a stack of DVDs with me to BrickFest this year containing (URL) my Great Ball Contraption video> from last year's event. This will be the original hi-res version (1.94 GB) and not the (URL) web version> linked to in that (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) (URL) I've been working on a .NET class> for it. I have the serial port communication finished and am working on threading the sensor polling. In C# you'll be able use my DLL something like this: using Mindstorms.ControlLab; //... ControlLab (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) I have one, and the TechnoLogica software works in Win XP (at least pre SP2, haven't used it for a long time), but is both (a bit) bugged and seriously limited. I did most of my programming with a system I developed myself (I called it (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes, you most certainly can on Win XP (don't know about Win 2000). But you will need to use it with ROBOLAB 2.5 or later. The control Lab software will not run on Win XP. You may also need a USB to serial cable if your PC lacks a serial port. (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic)
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These are reasonably easy to find on eBay in the past year (URL) I even seen the software and cables (URL) am keen to try to get my PC to control 8 different power sources at the same time, but I have never been able to find proof that I can use (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic)
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Well i put The Rhino together on Friday (URL) and appart from the usual blue axle pins, grey odd length axles and red 2L axles, no parts seemed to breach any standard colour rules. One thing of mention is that the Black 3L friction pins and the (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) I checked. I don't recall using any. I also looked through the gallery and did not notice any. I may have used one along with a bushing 2L pin to cover a 4L distance gap. .... I really am not sure. I'll have to visit the robot and look again. (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) I had a look at the 1/8" plastic tubing in model railway shops and stalls at shows. I think it's ABS or polystyrene. I have no issues with cutting the tubes either :-) but I don't like painting stuff used as or with LEGO bricks. I think the (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I meant that with Technic; there will always be holes and gaps in the bodies of cars or the frames of machinery. For a "model builder" that is serious about exact aesthetic details, Model team is more ideal. Dennis Bossman does not like (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Agreed. One part I'd love to see is a "cap" piece that fits over the "top" end of pneumatic cylinders, with pins on each side, so they can be attached at that end as well as the bottom. Or alternatively (possibly better) a new cylinder with (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi all me again. Just found some amazing part designs on brickshelf. (URL) would be so awsome if these were put into production. Kudos to whoever designed them. The modern sets are good but they would be so much better with new functional parts like (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) What ? You must have missed the Sale ! or the point :o) I was refering to the broader change from old to new grey. How the colour difference was discerning to a LOT of people. This colour difference between blue axle pins and every other (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Ummm, I don't think I own any grey or bley axle pins with friction. If LEGO ever made any, they're certainly pretty rare. Blue has always been the standard colour for the friction version in everything except Bionicle, it's only the (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) I like the blue one best also. (...) Does Jama have blue axle pins ? Good thing it's blue. Steve (18 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Absolutely, this is a technic forum, lets assume we all have the technic function covered. The form aspect however, like you say is in the eye of the beholder. We all know lego have an extencive colour pallet and this thread has sited (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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